A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, from banning students below the age of 18 from writing the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) exams.
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress , Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman , from banning students below the age of 18 from writing the West African Examinations Council and National Examinations Council exams. Mumuni said that the decision to ban students below 18 years from writing WAEC and NECO will have negative consequences.
on Wednesday. gathered that Mamman had earlier said that candidates must be 18 years old before they are admitted into tertiary institutions. He said that the examination bodies have been instructed not to allow underage children to write their examinations. However, Mumuni, in a statement signed by his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar, advised Tinubu to stop Mamman from implementing the policy. He maintained that such a policy, when implemented, will have many negative impacts on students and society in general.
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